Improvement in water-elevators



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JONATHAN LILLY, OF CASTLE CREEK, NEW YORK.

HMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATOPQS..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,569, dated November 10, 1863.

' To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN LILLY, of Castle Greek, in the county of Broome, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water'Elevators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation or" the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, in Which- Figure l shows the plan of the well-curb With the improvement attached. Fig.2 shows a part of the curb with the lever L removed, and Fig. 3 shows the top, side, and bottom of said -lever L.

In Fig. 1, W is the windlass 5 It, the ratchet- Wheel; P, the paWl attached to the lever L; F, the fulcrum on which the lever L turns; K, the support for the lever L.

In Fig. 2, K is the rest attached tothe curb to support the lever L, and F the fulcrum or pivot.

In Fig. 3, L is a side view of the lever L, showing the pavvl P and spiral spring S; L, a top view of the saine; and L", a view of the under side of the same, showing the spiral spring S.

The lever L, to which is attached the pawl P, rests upon the Well-curb and turns upou the fulcrum or pivot F. The brace b is placed upon the curb in such a manner as to press against the spiral spring S, inserted in the lever L, and thus hold the pawl P against the ratchet-Wheel It for the purpose of preventing the descent of the bucket. The bucket can be let down by pressing against the lever L to remove the pawl from the ratchet-Wheel, and in order to regulate the velocity ot' the descending bucket the lever L is pressed against still harder, so as to bring the pawl P in contact with the inner surface of the ratchet-wheel, thus creating suficient friction to stop the bucket entirely, if desired. As the advantages of this arrangement must be apparent to all, further description is deemed unnecessary.

What I claim as niyinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the lever L, spring S, brace b, pawl P, ratchet- Wheel R, and Windlass W, as and for the purposes set forth.

JONATHAN LILLY.

Witnesses:

L. W. EvERETT, B. B. PEAsE. 

